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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the Main Character discover in a book at the villa while he is waiting for the Rat to arrive?
(a) The ad he submitted seeking the Rat.
(b) The Strange Man's business card.
(c) A paper-thin mirror.
(d) The bulletin with the starred sheep.

2. What happened to the Sheep Professor in 1935?
(a) He was entered by the Sheep.
(b) He gave the Sheep its powers and its star marking.
(c) He created the Sheep.
(d) He observed a friend who was controlled by the Sheep.

3. What does the Territorial Government name the area where the Sheep Professor's homestead is located?
(a) Twelve Falls Settlement.
(b) Honshu Plain Settlement.
(c) Tsugaru Settlement.
(d) Ovine Valley Settlement.

4. Who starts speaking to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38?
(a) The Sheep.
(b) The Girlfriend.
(c) The Boss.
(d) The Rat.

5. What does the Girlfriend tell the Main Character that she has learned after their first day of research and hunting for the sheep?
(a) Some local maps have blacked out portions.
(b) There are no maps of a certain area of this region.
(c) The government has stopped tracking sheep.
(d) The government will not disclose their tracking data.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Main Character discover when he wakes up in Chapter 33?

2. What is the Main Character doing on the tenth day of his visit when the Sheep Man returns to the villa?

3. How do the Main Character and the Girlfriend get to the station after the cat is picked up?

4. What does the visitor to the villa tell the Main Character to do before leaving the next day?

5. How many head of sheep does the livestock inspector say are in the town of Junitaki?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Sheep Professor's information help the Main Character on his quest?

2. Do the Girlfriend's ears help the quest while staying at the Dolphin Hotel?

3. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.

4. Was the Main Character a good choice for the Strange Man's sheep finding mission?

5. What factors contribute to the eerie feeling of the area near the villa in Junitaki?

6. Why is the Rat able to destroy the Sheep?

7. Aside from her powerful ears, is the Girlfriend a help or a hindrance to the Main Character?

8. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

9. Explain how the Sheep Professor came to his current state of being.

10. How are the sheep at the sheep farm similar to the people that the Sheep is trying to control?

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